Gacked from zsero who got it from ailsaekGrab the nearest book. Find the 5th sentence on page 23. Append it to the paragraph below. Append your name to the list below of people who have contributed to the paragraph. Post the result to your LJ ( Read more... )

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There are a number of ghost streets in Brooklyn, which was incorporated out of a lot ( Read more... )

I recently attended a lecture on Moses Mendelssohn and his translation/commentary on the Torah. I summarized it for another list, and thought I'd post a pointer to the summary here. The basic idea is that Mendelssohn composed his translation for a variety of reasons, for which he was rightly and wrongly criticized. Leave a comment

Why do we do this every five years? Is it just to recapture lost youth, or does it serve its own purpose? If all we wanted was to recapture our youth, we'd come down when school is in session, sit in on a few classes, hang at the club, get to know some undergrads -- in short, pretend to be what we used to be. Education is wasted on the young, ( Read more... )